Opinion: Consumers Need To Pay More For Water Safety, Improvements

This past winter’s weather should serve as both a reminder and a warning. It’s a reminder that the California climate cycles between long periods of extreme drought and short bursts of extreme rainfall, and it’s a warning that climate change is making this cycle more extreme.  The Golden State must adapt to this “new normal” now – and that requires funding. It’s long past time that our state had a serious discussion about how to fund the kind of water infrastructure we need now and in the future.  Here is an idea: a public goods charge for water.